Captains, coaches and representatives of each of the 16 teams heading into the nine-day final phase of the 2013 Leo Cup of Volleyball to be held at Beeline Arena from Friday attended a press conference with tournament organisers at NagaWorld yesterday.

The six top teams from last year’s event – Ministry of Interior Club, Bodyguard Headquarters Club, 3rd Intervention Division Club, Kampong Cham Club A team, Battambang Police Station Club and Sihanoukville Navy Sea Dragon Club – were automatically entered into the finals, and will be joined by provincial qualifiers: Veal Sbov commune’s Cambodian Youth Federation Club of Kandal and Prey Veng’s Cambodian Youth Federation Club from the Phnom Penh centre preliminaries; 31st Brigade Club and Kampong Cham Club B team from the Kampong Cham centre; Cambodian Youth Federation club and Red Lion Club from Battambang centre; 9th Intervention Brigade Club and Siem Reap’s Directorate of Youth and Sport from Siem Reap centre; and Sihan-oukville Public Club and Takeo Club from Sihanoukville centre.